Bane Is Sad That No One Cares

It turns out that the only reason he wanted to become Gotham's reckoning, was due to the never-ending rejection and mockery he absorbed when trying to get into the world of fashionable winter coats for men. As a result, it forced him to resort to a gimmicky oxygen mask.

At this point, pulling it off would be "extremely painful," due to the scarring memories. Even his arch-nemesis, Batman had to temporarily bury the bat-hatchet and show a little bat-empathy.